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Any fighting between it and the sailfin tang? How big are those two?
That looks a little more serious than simple Hypermalinization (which I can't spell worth a lick)
Any chance he got injured some other way? It looks to have been scraped on the rocks and is getting infected maybe.
It's only on the lips and there and it's happened before but it went away
In that case, I would just keep a watch on it. If it worsens or spreads then we can talk about intervention.
It never spreads and I've seen it poke around near the nem so I think it could be a bad sting. Do stings look like that
No, I've never seen hypermalinization look like that. It usually looks like this:
I don't think it looks like anything from an anemone, my first thought was also the sailfin, it only takes one little tail swipe
But yet again, the clownfish has scales to protect them the tang doesn't, like a burn if u have some level of protection the burn won't be as severe as if you had no protection at all...no?
Your tang has scales as well as the clownfish. It's more about slimecoats that protect them from these things.
Oh heck yeah, if you've ever been tail swiped you'll never forget it, like a razor at the end of a rubber band hitting you, happened to me once long ago.A tail swipe can do that?
Are their switchblades venomous
No, they are not venomous, but they are sharp. Like I said, watch it closely and if it's not healed in a week, or has gotten worse before then medication will be needed.
Like what kind of meds
I saw that debated once, think on here, most would say no, but I'm sure at the very least can cause nasty infection.Are their switchblades venomous